The airbase by swiss aeropole could be a much better option, assuming digiVolution and ourselves are allowed to do the necessary to upgrade the overall security of the area, physical and digital, which has many advantages (no more free runway crossing since years already, etc). As the motto on the nearby air defense basis says, “Acta non verba”.
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Swiss Hotel In Espionage Row: U.S. Fears Chinese Spy Plot Near F-35 Base A century-old hotel in Unterbach, Switzerland, has become the focus of American intelligence due to its proximity to Meiringen airfield, where the Swiss Air Force plans to base its F-35A fighter jets. Hotel Rössli, a century-old log cabin in the Alpine village of Unterbach, offers breathtaking views of snow-capped mountains and a nearby waterfall. However, it’s the view from the back of the hotel that has caught the attention of American intelligence. Located just 100 meters from the hotel’s back, the Meiringen airfield will soon host the F-35s of the Swiss Air Force. Meiringen is a quite famous airport for aviation enthusiasts: located at an elevation of 570 meters between the Alps of the Bernese Oberland, the base is nearly invisibile to the people that visit it for the first time. If it were not for the futuristic control tower and for some helicopters parked in the large apron aside the main runway, it would be rather difficult to even notice its presence. The airport is surrounded by fences that are usually “symbolic”, sometimes almost absent, and from a system of level crossings activated during flight operations to prevent runway or taxiways incursions. Indeed, the local roads cross the field from North to South and from East to the West: a couple of lights regulate the crossing of the runway that is granted until a few moments before the take off of any aircraft. The base is a sort of large “open space”, with the locally based aircraft located inside the mountain shelters and maintenance hangars located in modern buildings along the main strip. You can freely walk close to the runway threshold and taxiway and take as many photographs as you want. https://lnkd.in/dH3crm2Y
